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<h1>Changing a display mode: Design, Editable, Flash, Interactive, and 
 View </h1>
<p>You can work with a document using several display modes in MicroStrategy 
 Web. For example, you might use Interactive Mode to analyze data in grid 
 and graph reports, or you can use Flash Mode to work with Flash-only features 
 like MicroStrategy widgets, which are a common feature of dashboards.</p>
<p>When a document is created, it is saved in a default display mode by 
 the document's designer. If the designer enabled other display modes to 
 make them available for viewing, you can view the document in another 
 display mode: 
<a href="Choosing_a_display_mode.htm">Changing a display 
 mode: Design, Editable, Flash, Interactive, and View</a>.</p>
<h2>Prerequisites</h2>
<p>To select a new display mode, that display mode must be enabled for 
 that document. The document designer can specify which display modes are 
 available in a document. </p>
<h2>
<a name="Display Mode procedure"></a>To change display modes</h2>
<ol type="1" class="whs1">
	
<li class=p><p>Click the name of a document to execute it.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>From the <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Home</B></span> 
 menu, select <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Design Mode</B></span>, <span 
 style="font-weight: bold;"><B>View Mode</B></span>,<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B> 
 Editable Mode</B></span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Interactive Mode</B></span>, 
 or <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Flash Mode</B></span>. Not all options 
 are available, depending on your user privileges and the display modes 
 enabled for the document.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>The following list describes the best use for each display mode. Use 
 the summary table below as a quick reference for display modes. </p>
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Interactive Mode</B></span>: 
 Lets you work with the data on a grid or graph report in a document by 
 pivoting, sorting, adding totals, resizing rows and columns, and creating 
 metrics based on report objects already on the grid report. You can use 
 selectors to flip through the panels in a panel stack or display different 
 attribute elements or metrics in a grid or graph report in a document. 
 Interactive Mode is optimized for dashboard viewing. For the complete 
 list of functionality available in Interactive Mode, see 
<a HREF="Interactive_Mode.htm">Viewing 
 documents in Interactive Mode</a>.</p></li>
</ul>
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Flash Mode</B></span>: 
 Allows you to access features provided by Flash, such as interactive widgets. 
 You cannot manipulate or format grid or graph reports in a document, except 
 to sort and pivot objects on them. If a graph report uses a graph type 
 that is not supported in Flash, the graph is not displayed. For the complete 
 list of functionality available in Flash Mode, see 
<a HREF="Flash_Mode.htm">Viewing 
 documents in Flash Mode</a>. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>View Mode</B></span><span>: 
 Displays the</span> document results only. You cannot change the document 
 or manipulate the data.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Design Mode</B></span>: 
 (Requires Document Designer privileges.) Displays the structure of the 
 document, or the placeholders for the document components, without the 
 associated contents. Use Design Mode to create and design a document or 
 edit an existing document. To format Grid/Graphs, you must use Editable 
 Mode.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p><span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>Editable Mode</B></span>: 
 (Requires Document Designer privileges.) Displays the results of the document, 
 while still allowing you to edit the document. In Editable Mode, you can 
 quickly see how your changes affect the look and feel of the document. 
 One difference between Design and Editable Mode is that, in Design Mode, 
 you do not have to wait for the results of your documents to load. Therefore, 
 you can work more quickly in Design Mode than in Editable Mode.</p></li>
</ul>
<h2>Summary of display modes</h2>
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<p class="whs6">Display Mode </td>
<td bgcolor="#D1D1D1" class="whs7">
<p class="whs6">What You Can Do In It</td>
<td bgcolor="#D1D1D1" class="whs8">
<p class="whs6">Limitations</td></tr>

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<td class="whs9">
<p>Design Mode </td>
<td class="whs10">
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Intended for <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>document 
 designers</B></span>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Create a new document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Edit an existing document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Quicker performance since document results are not displayed. 
 </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Add and remove dataset objects.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Insert controls such as Grids/Graphs, text fields, lines, 
 shapes, and panel stacks.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Edit and format controls.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Format Grid/Graph containers only.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Pivot report objects on grid reports.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Use Group-by.</p></li>
</ul></td>
<td class="whs10">
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot view the results of the document without switching 
 modes. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot format all aspects of Grid/Graphs, including 
 metric values and attribute headers.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot format widget Flash properties.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot use selectors to flip through the panels in a 
 panel stack or display different attribute elements or metrics in a Grid/Graph.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot use Page-by to group data.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot sort grid reports.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot use the Fit to contents/window features.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot show or hide rulers.</p></li>
</ul></td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs4">
<td class="whs11">
<p>Editable Mode </td>
<td class="whs12">
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Intended for <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>document 
 designers</B></span>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Create a new document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Edit an existing document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>View the results of the document. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Add and remove dataset objects.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Insert controls such as Grids/Graphs, text fields, lines, 
 shapes, and panel stacks.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Edit and format controls.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Format Grid/Graphs, including the formatting of metric 
 values and attribute headers.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Use selectors to flip through the panels in a panel 
 stack or display different attribute elements or metrics in a Grid/Graph.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Use Page-by to group data.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Use Group-by.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Use the Fit to contents/window features.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Sort grid reports and pivot report objects on them.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Show or hide rulers.</p></li>
</ul></td>
<td class="whs12">
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Performance reflects the fact that you see all document 
 results as you work.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot format widget Flash properties.</p></li>
</ul></td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs4">
<td class="whs11">
<p>
<a href="Interactive_Mode.htm">Interactive Mode</a></td>
<td class="whs12">
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Intended for <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>document 
 analysts</B></span>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Edit an existing document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>View the results of the document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Use selectors to flip through the panels in a panel 
 stack or display different attribute elements or metrics in a Grid/Graph.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Format Grid/Graphs. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Sort grid reports and pivot report objects on them.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Add totals.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Resize rows and columns.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Create metrics based on report objects already on the 
 grid report.</p></li>
</ul></td>
<td class="whs12">
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot create a new document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot format the layout and positioning of objects 
 or the entire document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot format widget Flash properties.</p></li>
</ul></td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs4">
<td class="whs11">
<p>
<a href="Flash_Mode.htm">Flash Mode</a> </td>
<td class="whs12">
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Intended for <span style="font-weight: bold;"><B>document 
 analysts</B></span>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Edit an existing document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>View the results of the document. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Access and interact with features provided by Flash, 
 such as widgets.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Use selectors to flip through the panels in a panel 
 stack or display different attribute elements or metrics in a Grid/Graph.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Format widget Flash properties.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Sort grid reports and pivot report objects on them.</p></li>
</ul></td>
<td class="whs12">
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot create a new document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot manipulate or format Grid/Graphs, except to sort 
 and pivot objects on them. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>If a Grid/Graph uses a graph type that is not supported 
 in Flash, the graph is not displayed.</p></li>
</ul></td></tr>

<tr valign="top" class="whs4">
<td class="whs11">
<p>
<a href="Analyze_docs_View_Mode.htm">View Mode</a> </td>
<td class="whs12">
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Intended for<span style="font-weight: bold;"><B> document 
 analysts</B></span>.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>View the results of the document only, as you might 
 in a static PDF file.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Provides better performance than all other modes, but 
 the document is not interactive. </p></li>
</ul></td>
<td class="whs12">
<ul type="disc" class="whs2">
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot create a new document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot edit an existing document.</p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Cannot manipulate any objects on the document, as you 
 can in any of the other display modes. </p></li>
	
<li class=p><p>Documents in View Mode containing multiple pages cannot 
 display ascending page numbers. </p></li>
</ul></td></tr>
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